# Where can I find this World War I-ish font? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 3, 2002, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-world-war-i-ish-font/135083 "2002-11-03T08:01:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-world-war-i-ish-font/135083/1 "2002-11-03T08:01:25Z")
Pardon my posting, but I was wondering…A&E recently (OK, semi recently. I forgot to post this question at the time) aired the movie **“The Lost Battalion”** , which is set in World War I. The important thing, however, is the font used in the main title, which can be seen [here.](http://www.aande.com/tv/shows/battalion/) I’ve seen a similar font used in a few books on WWI, as well as the movie **Zeppelin**. Can anyone tell me where I can find a version of that font online? Or even where I could _shudder_ BUY it, if I had to? Well, thanks for your time, Ranchoth (“This is my last pigeon.”) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-world-war-i-ish-font/135083/2 "2002-11-03T10:54:34Z")
[This](http://www.guanolad.com/stuff/lostbattalion.gif) is the closest I got. You want it, it’s [here](http://www.guanolad.com/stuff/battalion.zip). ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-world-war-i-ish-font/135083/3 "2002-11-04T02:48:25Z")
'Much obliged! ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-world-war-i-ish-font/135083/4 "2002-11-04T05:25:11Z")
World War I-ish?? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-world-war-i-ish-font/135083/5 "2002-11-04T06:04:12Z")
I guess it’d be the _Western Font_ 😃 I agree with **RM Mentock** ’s questioning of the era though. It looks kinda 60’s-ish to me. ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-world-war-i-ish-font/135083/6 "2002-11-04T08:33:47Z")
I must admit it’s not what I was expecting when I read the OP. It also looks like the one they used for [The Godfather](http://www.filmsite.org/godf.html) poster and any number of war novels. Good work by **GuanoLad** all the same. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-world-war-i-ish-font/135083/7 "2002-11-04T09:17:21Z")
The one I had is actually a homemade one by someone, imitating the font used in the Star Wars spin-off “Shadows of the Empire”. I agree it’s not very World War I-ish. Though I don’t know what would be World War I font, really… ---
**Author:** ![Milton\_De\_La\_Warre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Milton\_De\_La\_Warre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milton_De_La_Warre)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-world-war-i-ish-font/135083/8 "2002-11-04T12:44:42Z")
I’ve seen it before in a book on Art Nouveau fonts. This would approximately coincide with WWI.